Nuit de Longchamp Lubin for women

I really liked it at first, but the Mister dismissed it as smelling too vintage. Not a perfume for day time or work. Also, I detect a hint of aldehydes, that could cause the "old lady" scent.

It has a very good staying power and sillage on my skin.

If you like powdery perfumes, it could work for you.

(Review from a tester of the current version)

I like Nuit de Longchamp. It's a classic example of a throw-back floral with lots of white blossoms. If you enjoy classic floral scents like White Shoulders, Detchema, Fleur de Rocaille, or even Fiji, you'll probably enjoy this one. I get mostly the floral notes from it, until the dry-down with powdery vetiver occurs.

Very feminine, very French. This is the kind of scent that never seems particularly in or out of fashion, though it does smell unusual nowadays alongside trendy contemporary perfumes. (Which is not to say it smells dated, because it doesn't.) I could see a woman acquiring a taste for this one in her youth and wearing it her entire life, assuming its available.

Sillage is good, longevity was a bit lacking for me--4 to 5 hours--but very nicely done overall.

"All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side."
Marguerite Young

Nuit de Longchamps is one of those scents that you will never mistake for another. My mini is dark caramel in color wiht a black top, so I believe I own a vintage version.

It seems every time I wear this it wears differently; thus, my attraction to the above comment 'no single reality'. Sometimes it is a strong hairspray/aldehyde that makes me think 'oh oh', and sometimes it is a smooth, highly polished woody oriental. I want to point out the two balsam notes, so ask yourself how you've rated similar scents in the past (Ormond's Tolu Balsam, for example). The dry down is sweeter than the sandalwood/oakmoss would suggest.

I agree that this is more of a 'mature' scent. If you bid for it on ebay you won't be competing with any of the younguns, that's for sure. Certianly for your own private utopian use.

I like it, and place it in my 'quirky gems' category.

Good old-fashioned feminine fragrance, absolutelly not for a girl - for mature independent elegant woman. Long lasting and - i can tall the same what tessture said - it is ok, smells well, but it is not my cup of tea.
But it is really ok

Yes this is an old fashioned powdery-perfume but it is also a grower. Initially I noticed it smells very similar to Chanel No 5 which to be honest I am not a huge fan of, and looking on this site they share a lot of the same notes.
But there is more to like in this perfume, it is a more wearable and friendly smell, and of course less instantly recognizable.
Once it warms up on your skin it comes alive, it is one of those wonderfully spicy sweet cozy womanly smells that makes you want to cuddle the wearer.

I am impressed by this perfume, it is great to find this style of oriental floral without the overdone vanilla-amber-musk base that every other perfume you can buy at Myer seems to have. Good job Lubin!

An old style scent very like En Avion. Dries down to a very powdery, slightly medicinal fragrance on my skin. okay, but definitely not my thing. Slightly too formal, and smells its age.